Chapter 80

~Richard

I froze for a moment at his words, my heart rate increasing.

"Richard? Are you there?" James asked.

I was silent for a while longer. When I recovered, I asked for their location, which he sent. Following the map, I headed straight for the place.

On the way, my mind was occupied with so many conflicting thoughts. Athena cannot die; I won't allow it! She needed to live and make me understand why she didn't bother to tell me what happened and thought fleeing was the best option.

Even though Sabrina had tricked her into thinking that I would kill her if she tried to explain what happened, how could she believe that, knowing what we have been through, knowing how much I loved her? Knowing how much I loathed rape cases and how i wouldn't condone it even though my brother was the one involved.

Michael had been a victim of unforeseen circumstances; life had been so cruel to him even till the very end. He had lived a life of promiscuity as he had no mate. I remember calling him aside